3 d. ago Minimum income requirement for family visas in UK should be lowered, review suggests

Campaigners call for ‘tax on love’ family visa income requirements to be scrapped

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4 d. ago In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas

The migration advisory committee is due to release a review of the UK’s minimum income requirement for family visas – currently set at £29,000. Many British families are in a state of enforced separation. Family visas represent just 5% of total UK visa applications, yet are a key focus of a migration crackdown. Working with Reunite Families, photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy thresholdThree weeks ago, Keir Starmer said the UK was at risk of becoming an “island of strangers”. But for countless British citizens across the country, that isolation is already a lived reality by design of immigration rules that force them to choose between their homeland and family.The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at £18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to £38,700 before backtracking afte...

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4 d. ago UK family visa rules should be relaxed, government review suggests

Campaigners call for ‘tax on love’ family visa income requirements to be scrapped

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5 d. ago Sadiq Khan said to be furious over lack of spending review cash for London

City hall source says it would be unacceptable if there were no major infrastructure projects for capitalUK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan is understood to be furious at the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, over a lack of funding for London in the forthcoming spending review, with sources close the mayor suggesting the capital will get none of its key transport requests.The mayor is also understood to share the concerns of senior Met police officers that London will not get a substantial uplift in funding. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Kids may get wrong ADHD diagnosis based on 'arbitrary thresholds', experts warn

Many people are still living with ADHD without a diagnosis or support but an NHS-funded review suggests the real numbers with the condition is not on the rise

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1 week ago UK must spend £68bn to modernise military, defence review suggests

Drones and AI will be needed to increase warfighting capability

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1 week ago 'Keir Starmer's psychotic defence review means Britain is no longer one of the good guys'

Keir Starmer's defence review suggests keeping the peace by being more aggressive. We've been here before, says Fleet Street Fox

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves should refine fiscal rules to avoid emergency spending cuts, IMF says

The organisation, which has been assessing the UK economy, upgrades its growth forecast this year to 1.2%Rachel Reeves should refine her fiscal rules to prevent the need for emergency spending cuts, the International Monetary Fund has suggested in its annual review of the UK economy, as it upgraded its forecasts for UK growth this year.Adding to the clamour from backbench Labour MPs incensed by the government’s proposed welfare cuts, the Washington-based organisation said the chancellor should examine ways to avoid having to make short-term savings when there is a downturn in economic forecasts. Continue reading...

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